weaver



Shoe.

Patented .l-une 29, 1880.

J. A. WEAVER.

N.PETERS, PHOTO'LITMOGRPHER, WASHINGTON, Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. WEAVER, OF EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,290, dated June 29, 1880.

Application filed February 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concer/a:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. WEAVER, a citizen of the United States, residing` at East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure lis a perspective of ashoe, as it will appear when on the foot, embodying my invention, taken from the toe. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of the shoe ready to be put on. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective View; and Fig. 4:, a rear elevation, showing the anklestrap with a few stitches to secure it.

The shoe A is provided with a quarter or heel foxing or re-enforce, a, made to cover the outside of the lower back part of the counter A. Between one edge of this foxing and the counter A buckles b are sewed or fastened, and between the opposite edge and counter straps c are attached. These straps, preferably two in number, extend over the front of the quarter and to the buckles. By this construction great strength is obtained.

B is a iiy-iap, secured to the edges of the quarters at their openings, inclosing said opening, and adapted to be doubled over and laid back on one quarter when the shoe is on the foot, as in Fig. l.

' slippin g down.

\ Slits e e are made in the flap, or in a seamstrip, d, on the ap, through which the straps care passed, and by means of the bridges f,

Yformed between these slits, the straps are held up in place. At the Lipper portion of the y other slits, g g, are made, forming the bridge h, to receive an ankle-strap, c', having a suitable buckle. This anklestrap may be stitched on both sides of the back seam as a re-enforce for said seam, as at j, or otherwise secured at the rear to the shoe to hold it (the said strap) from By means of this ankle-strap the top of the shoe and the flap B can be tightly gathered about the ankle, so as to exclude snow, 85o., and aid in supporting the ankle. The attachment of the lower straps, c, and buckles b to the foxing is a simple, durable, and efficient mode of securing them in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- A fastening device for shoes, composed of a strap, t', encircling the ankle, and two straps, c c, attached to the counter and foxing on one side and extending across the instep under bridges f to buckles attached to the counter and foxing on the opposite side, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. WEAVER.

Wiitnesses:

JACOB SELIGMAN, E. H. DOYLE. 

